Second b!x. To me it seems a strange and risky strategy for "Moonlight" to share its executive producer with the show it most desperately needs to avoid being compared with. (Or is that kind of move what they call a sure thing in H'wood?)

That's really cool, but...does it make anyone else more uneasy about this? I mean, I could pretty much gloss over the similarities with Angel beforehand (after all, as many said, the vamp detective premise wasn't even unique to Angel), but now it's all getting a little suspicious.

Jeez, I feel like an ass. I should be celebrating David's return to genre TV, but here I sit questioning the whole project...

Sorry, that was my British coming through; we don't do good adjectives. I just see a little too much nerve from CBS on this one, and I'll also bet that the creators had all this in mind when they got the show going.

As some who still believes Angel is the best show of all time, I find this a little painful. It took me two years to get over the cancellation!

Well, we cannot really have it both ways. We cannot complain that if the network wants genre shows they should be looking to Joss and Company and then be annoyed when they do just that. Well, I guess we can, actually. It just isn't very logical.

"LOL Simon. I don't think they will go for David but somehow I get the sneaking feeling that we have found the next part Nathan Fillion will be cast for. Since they are re-tooling.

Let's see. NF is a Tim Minear favorite. Weren't David Greenwalt and James Marsters looking to do something together? That would be nice to see even on a recurring basis. Doesn't seem like the right show for that to happen, though.

Well, at least this is a sign that it will potentially be a quality show, rather than just yet another heroic vampire/immortal type thing. I was already planning to give Moonlight a chance but this news does give me hope that I'm not going to be wasting my time.

Well, we cannot really have it both ways. We cannot complain that if the network wants genre shows they should be looking to Joss and Company and then be annoyed when they do just that.

This isn't about genre, this is worry that this show is sounding more and more like Bizzaro "Angel". Like if the studios rejected Tim Minear's idea for "Drive" (starring Nathan Fillion), and asked him to make it "Space Drive" (starring Nathan Fillion) set in another galaxy with the people running the race all wearing blue gloves and a blue circle on their t-shirts.

Hopefully they will *let* Greenwalt put his own stamp on the show (like the changes Minear did with "The Inside"), and these concerns can go away.

One reason this could be a good choice is that, professionally and personally, i'm sure David Greenwalt will want to avoid repeating himself which may well mean 'Moonlight' being a very different show to 'Angel' either in tone or mythology or even just visual style (though, vampire, detective, there's probably gonna be a lot of night time right ? Kinda hard to avoid ;).

And Saje, that's the best part. If he's feeling a bit lazy, he can just pull out one of his old scripes;) Actually, I've the impression this series will be based on a more serious drama. I'm sure David will have a blast with it.

I can just see the first 5 minutes of this show at DG's hands- the fate of the world depends on this new protagonist but *GASP* he's been shot/stabbed/beaten with a stick by a dastardly villain and he's dying. Alas!

Who's that at the door? It's Angel (special guest appearance by DB), who turns him (by chowing on his wrist in a manly way, of course) before he strides off into the moonlight, never to be seen again.

Le sigh. I am slightly appeased at this news, but have a sneaking suspicion that CBS is trying to play us.

I hope that's where the similarities end as well. David, I don't know if you read here but as someone who loves genre series, think it's great you'll be running the show. All art lives or dies on its own merits, and Moonlight will be no different. I also know that Ron Koslow is a smart man who did no less than create a cult classic in Beauty and the Beast. The imagination has no limits; there is only what you do right here, right now, in this moment with as much integrity as possible. I have a pair of dog tags purchased at Comic-Con last Summer from the Christopher Reeve Foundation. Their motto? Go Forward. So Go Forward David, and all good fortune to you and the show. Can't wait to see it.

Sorry but my beef is the whole name thing, everytime I see Moonlight, I picture Bruce Willis's Shatner hair and vampy acting not to mention Cybill Sheppards sharp fangs without the canine effects. I mean hello been there and done that without the actual puncture wounds. PLEASE, help Hollywood come up with a new idea, somebody. Heck I will even take a new spins on old ideas, but really do we need old spins on old ideas.

**Sigh**The entertainment industry is just not entertaining anymore.

Don't get me wrong the creative team looks strong but they better have a good theme song or I will have Moonlighting's theme song forever stuck in my head.

PS - I want Profit back and to give Seth Green a show (like he needs more work) about Oz and dealing with life as a werewolf and controlling it. Heck I would even like to see a show about Groo.

I agree the titles are similar but Moonlighting as i undertsand it started as a tongue-in-cheek but otherwise straight detective drama and (I didn't watch it) ended up as, well, "something." And the basic premise doesn't sound all that similar to Angel. I mean, there's only so many possible starting points.

Nebula1400 if you mean his stint on Heroes, who knows if he survived or will be back as a regular next season. So that would open him up for this project and Heroes spill over would not hurt.

Daddy - Moonlighting never made it to typical private eye drama it was always tongue and cheek only, I'm not sure if that was on purpose, it did have a certain vamp asspect to it. Which is why it gives me chills with the new title.

Meaning some people may write it off as a rip-off of "Angel," or trying to imitate "Angel," and even if it is good, they would take that as a negative, because it isn't Angel that gets to be good on television.

In his eternal life, he is joined by his former bride (Amber Valletta), a seductive vampire who bit him 60 years ago, as well as a deceitful ally (Rade Serbedzija) who also is undead. The PI's life is turned upside down when he falls for a beautiful mortal woman.

It already sounds like an Angel ripoff ... come on ..."seductive vampire bride ... Darla, deceitful ally ... Spike, "beautiful mortal woman" ... Buffy. It could only be more like Angel if they give the guy a gypsy curse. I want to give it a chance ... hopefully there's more to it than this.

This seems like an excellent idea, though. Before, this show looked like a CBS procedural with a vampire as the lead. Folks were saying the pilot was funny, but not in the intentional way. It has potential to be watchable now. Hope that Greenwalt can inject some humor, as well as helping to create an interesting mythology for vampires in this shows universe. Alex O'Loughlin did a decent bit on The Shield this season. Not sure if he can carry a weekly series without help, though. First thing Greenwalt needs to do is change the lead characters name. Mick St. John? That is a fanfic and pornstar name jammed together.

Only way this could be better is if Jeff Bell signs on, too. Anyone know what he is doing next season?

What *resa* said. "seductive vampire bride, deceitful ally, beautiful mortal woman". And Ron Silver?? Please, just kill me now. However, the article did say "The project will be retooled before a full length pilot is shot" and "..... other casting changes are being considered".
If they start by recasting the lead, I'd feel a little more hopeful. Don't know the actor but after seeing him in the YouTube vid, the word that came to mind was "hopelessly insiped". (OK, that's two words.) So maybe there's hope, I say while attempting to swallow the huge lump of cynicism stuck in my throat.
Go David. Yay team.

I adore David personally and professionally, but I'm sorry - even if you're ripping off your own show, it's still a rip-off. I am sure it will be a high quality, entertaining rip-off before CBS cancels it after four episodes, and I will probably even watch it, but I'm just disappointed and jaded about the whole thing.

Ooo! But Adrian Pasdar is confirmed to be coming back to "Heroes" next season!?!? WOO and HOO! I know it's OT, but does anyone know the status of Milo Ventimiglia?!?! :-D

I loved Angel, but he is gone (except he lives on with our DVD collection); I'm ready for a new vampire show.

There really is nothing new. All ideas have been recycled. It's the way each story is presented that makes the difference. I'll hold out hope for the series. Here's wishing the best for everyone involved.